Distributed database systems: where are we now?

Author

Özsu, M. Tamer ; Valduriez, Patrick

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Volume

24

Issue

8

fYear

1991

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

78

Abstract

The authors explain what is meant by a distributed database system and discuss its characteristics. They survey the state of distributed database technology, focusing on how well products meet the goals of transparent management of distributed and replicated data, reliability through distributed transactions, better performance, and easier, more economical system expansion. They then consider unsolved problems with regard to network scaling, distribution design, distributed query processing, distributed transaction processing, integration with distributed operating systems, and distributed multidatabase systems.<>

Keywords

distributed databases; network operating systems; query languages; transaction processing; distributed database system; distributed multidatabase systems; distributed operating systems; distributed query processing; distributed transaction processing; distribution design; network scaling; replicated data; Application software; Computer network management; Database systems; Distributed databases; File systems; Laboratories; Query processing; Relational databases; Technology management; Transaction databases;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.84879

Filename

84879